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Mccarter West Prospect

Occurrence in Smyth county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Dolomite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080239
MRDS ID W031345
Record type Site
Current site name Mccarter West Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.53315, 36.7598 (WGS84)
Elevation 722
Relative position 5.85 MILES S 11 DEG W FROM MARION, 3.5 MILES S 41 DEG E FROM ADWOLF (DOT SMYTH COUNTY HIGHWAY MAP, 1981)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smyth(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marion(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Smyth

Comments on the location information

  • CURRIER (1935) STATES THE PROSPECT IS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF QUEBEC ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE PROSPECT IS LOCATED IN HOGTROUGH HOLLOW, 7500 FEET S 79 DEG E FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 663 AND 720 SOUTH OF THOMAS BRIDGE, 3750 FEET S 62 DEG E FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 650 AND 720 WEST OF ZION HILL CHURCH, JUST EAST OF STATE ROAD 650.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Dolomite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LEAD (GALENA) WAS NOT REPORTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 228
USGS model code 32b
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.53315, 36.7598
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trending Valley And Ridge
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault An Eighth Of A Mile North Of This Occurrence; Thrust Fault Just To South.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In The Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • OPEN CUT IS IN THE BASAL PORTION OF THE SHADY DOLOMITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935

Mining district

District name Rye Valley Lead/Zinc District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. L. Call

Comments on the workings information

  • NO PROSPECTING AT THIS OCCURRANCE IS REPORTED IN THE LITERATURE. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 2/9/88. AREA WAS EXTENSIVELY TRAVERSED. SMALL PROSPECT LOCATED JUST EAST OF STATE ROAD 650 IN BASAL PORTION OF SHADY DOLOMITE, JUST ABOVE THE ERWIN FORMATION. OPEN CUT IS ABOUT 20 FEET LONG, 8 TO 10 FEET WIDE AND ABOUT 12 FEET DEEP AT THE HIGHWALL, DRIVEN IN A N 60 DEG E DIRECTION, PARALLEL TO STRIKE. NO DUMP OR MINERALIZATION FOUND. NO OTHER WORKINGS WERE LOCATED IN THE AREA.

Comments on development

  • APPARENTLY EXPOSED ON A ROADCUT. NO MENTION THAT ANY PROSPECTING OCCURRED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS DESCRIBED AS BEING EXPOSED ALONG A ROAD AND IS IN THE BASAL BEDS OF THE SHADY DOLOMITE, JUST ABOVE THE CONTACT WITH THE ERWIN QUARTZITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAR-1988 Lovett, James A. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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